Hurricanes Test FEMA, Our Elections

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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With less than four weeks until the 2024 election, one that could be the closest presidential election in the nation's history, there are worries that voters in the Southeast impacted by Hurricane Helene may not be able to cast their ballots. In western North Carolina, polling places have been damaged and, in some cases, destroyed, which raises the question: Where will voters vote on Election Day? Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Karen Brinson Bell joins the Rundown to discuss how North Carolina is planning to get all voters to the polls, how their state election laws prepared them for this type of situation, and what can be expected on election night in the state. Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida less than two weeks after Helene devastated much of the state. While President Joe Biden prepares its federal response for the coming storm, the administration faces criticism over its response to Helene. Brock Long, the former Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, joins the Rundown to weigh in on FEMA's response to Helene and whether the agency is stretched too thin to handle the expected impact from Milton. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Charles Payne I'm Kat Timf I'm Stuart Vani and this is the Fox News
0:03.9	rundown Wednesday October 9th 20. I'm Dave Anthony. Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida, less than two weeks
0:19.0	after Helene hit, causing widespread devastation, so many more storm victims may need FEMA's help.
0:26.0	FEMA is bound by law.
0:27.0	They can only do what the laws and the policies allow.
0:30.0	And again, you know, the individual assistance program was never designed to make anybody whole.
0:34.0	And I know that's not comforting, but it was designed to basically kick-start recovery.
0:38.0	I'm Jessica Rosenthal, as people remain stranded and others are unaccounted for in Western North Carolina following Hurricane
0:44.5	Helene, state elections officials are working to help ensure those impacted can still vote
0:50.4	in the critical swing state.
0:51.8	Our game plan is to try to take voting to the people and keep it there.
0:55.0	And I'm David Marcus.
0:57.0	I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:00.0	Here comes Milton.
1:06.0	Milton. The hurricane is just hours away from hitting Florida's Gulf Coast.
1:11.0	This could be the worst storm hit far to in over a century.
1:15.0	And God willing, it won't be, but that's what it's looking like right now.
1:18.8	President Biden readying a federal response, including the National Guard and FEMA, in addition to state and
1:24.0	local and non-profit agencies already dealing with a disaster.
1:28.0	We're still surge in resources in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida,
1:32.0	Tennessee, to respond to Hurricane Leena.
1:35.0	And it's real.
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